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That's cool, but I'm on an M1. Everything is fast. How's it do on battery life? How often does it turn out to be the culprit behind system-wide performance pro
by handrous 5y ago
That's cool, but I'm on an M1. Everything is fast.
How's it do on battery life? How often does it turn out to be the culprit behind system-wide performance problems, if you've just got it sitting open in the background while you're doing other stuff?
- rado 5y agoM1 users also reported performance degradation. Second line: do you mean Chrome? I don't know, Safari is my main browser, which might change after v15...
- handrous 5y agoMy journey from FF to Safari started back in 2012 or 2013 when I noticed Chrome didn't make my whole system slow, like FF did, so I switched to Chrome. Then I realized that I'd gain like 2+hrs of battery life if I used Safari, and it was even more respectful of multitasking and system resources, so that's what I'm on now. The iOS integration is great too, but I'd switch if someone beat them on overall system resource use (not "speed"—I know Chrome especially has loved that metric for a long time, but I do not care if it runs Quake compiled to WASM at a higher framerate or whatever) [EDIT] FWIW, FF user since Phoenix & Firebird, haven't loved it since IIRC FF3 (yes, 3) when it started to bloat itself into being the sluggish, huge thing it replaced. I still use it on my Windows gaming desktop, but that's because I barely use the browser on there, and it's plugged into wall power. Safari 15's UI is god-awful though, so I'm primed for a switch.
- rado 5y agoSafari’s meteoric rise for me started by the time Metal was introduced ca 2014. It smoked the competition consistently until this year’s v15. I wish the performance drop was scrutinised as much as the UI issues, which are also terrible.